Dreaming during lockdown: a quali-quantitative analysis of the Italian population dreams during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave

This study aims to explore the emotional experiences related lockdown during first pandemic wave, analysing dreams of Italian population. Through an online survey spread throughout country, participants completed Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), Resilience Scale (RS) and were asked narrate a dream they had lockdown. The qualitatively analysed through thematic content analysis. Logistic regression analyses then conducted verify relationship among categories that emerged between these DASS-21 RS scores. In 8 identified (Places, Characters, Relationships, Actions, Danger, Death, Processes, Emotions) composed specific sub-categories, which seem compose sort narrative structure dream. Some sub-categories found be predictor depression resilience or with exposure COVID-19. Dreams can valid tool both understand population evaluate those at risk developing distress in clinical practice.